Month: November 2016

“I am encouraged by the latest TIMSS results and I want to congratulate students, parents, teachers and schools for their hard work. I want to also make special mention of the Year 5 science students, who were the stand-out achievers for taking their score from 497 to 506,” Ms Parata says. …

The report highlights that there is still more work to do to lift the achievement levels of Maori and Pasifika students which are still, on average, not as strong as their classmates. “Although the gap between our top performers … “In 2017 the cross …

“In particular, the Consultation Report questions the ability of the College to provide an education that best meets the needs of students, and the opportunities for them to excel to the best of their abilities in the rapidly changing education …

Hekia Parata wants to make seclusion rooms illegal, and says there are ‘safe space’ alternatives that special needs children can freely use. She says for more violent cases, schools should call police who have a different jurisdiction on use of force.

A halving in the number of study visas for Indian students has the industry worried that some private tertiary schools could go out of business. But this Tertiary Education Minister, Steven Joyce, isn’t worried. he says Immigration officials aren’t being too tough.

A Dunedin teacher has had her registration cancelled after she had a sexual relationship with a Year 13 student.Toni Finch was a teacher at Kings High School when she began the relationship with the student last year, a decision…

“We are failing our kids,” says Dr Jaimee Stuart, who has carried out research into bullying in New Zealand.Her comments come as the 2015 Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) shows the country is once again among the…

New Zealand students are performing below the international average when it comes to maths, but slightly beating their counterparts in science.Data released tonight from the 2015 Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) show…

The Trends in International Maths and Science Study, has found that New Zealand students experienced bullying behaviours more frequently than students in many of the other 57 participating countries. Victoria University’s Dr Jaimee Stuart, has carried out extensive research into bullying in New Zealand.

Calming sensory rooms or gardens are preferable for a distressed autistic child compared to seclusion rooms – the use of which reveal a lack of teacher education, says a contributor to an award-winning book on strategies for teachers of autistic children.

Productivity Commission’s proposals for Tertiary education will have negative impacts for less well-off students, women and people in rural areas. Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has provided a submission to the Productivity Commission (the …

Education Minister Hekia Parata has today formally invited the Education and Science Select Committee to consider a change to the Education (Update) Amendment Bill to prohibit the use of seclusion in schools. “Following my announcement earlier this month that I intended to invite the Select Committee to consider legislation that would prohibit seclusion in schools and early childhood education services, I have now written to the Chair with the proposed Supplementary Order Paper for the committee to consider,” says Ms Parata. …

A Dunedin special needs school that locked children in a seclusion room is being investigated amid claims teaching staff there physically abused children as young as five. RNZ’s reporter Phil Pennington says One staff member has quit, another is suspended, and an employment investigation is underway at Sara Cohen School.

NCEA maths exams have been hit with mistakes at every level, the Herald can reveal.The raft of blunders is already putting some students off taking the subject next year, while others are left worried about their performance and…

International businessman David Band believes 95 per cent of success is in how an idea is executed. It’s a philosophy he’ll use to navigate his new role as the chair of South Island information and communication technology (ICT) graduate school Signal.

The New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards celebrate the quality and diversity of educational resources released in the past year by New Zealand companies to support classroom learning. The awards recognise the standout contributions made by …

“If we take a bit more time and invite children into an adult world by breaking down what we are doing into components a child can understand, literacy and numeracy is something they will just absorb. It’s much more effective than giving them the iPad …

Students and parents are upset the Waipareira Trust’s Alternative Education Unit is being shut down for good but chief executive John Tamihere says the wider system is to blame. Youth services practice team leader Donovan Busby said the unit does not …

Allenvale School’s lead information technology teacher Jenny Gosney says their students love the coding activities and understand the employment opportunities these skills can provide. “Learning code and experiencing a variety of technologies is giving …

Education Minister Hekia Parata today announced the opening of the third round of bids for the $18 million Teacher-led Innovation Fund (TLIF). The TLIF supports and resources teachers to collaboratively explore new ways and ideas to improve learning outcomes. “We know the quality of teaching has the single biggest in-school impact on learners and this fund is giving our excellent teachers the opportunity to investigate and then inspire best practice. This project is for the benefit of every child and young person in this country,” Ms Parata says. …

A botch-up in a Level 3 maths exam left thousands of students “stumped”, and many “freaking out”.The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) this morning admitted there was an error in a table in yesterday afternoon’s statistics…

Exploring shrubs and catching prey are just some of the things students will get up to at the country’s first “bush school”. The Deep Green Bush School, just outside of Clevedon in south Auckland, is set to open next year and is ditching the classroom …

Jonathan Gee was elected the 2017 national president of the New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) at the association’s National Congress held at Victoria University of Wellington over the weekend.

OPINION: A recent report from Radio New Zealand of declining enrolments in arts degrees at a number of New Zealand universities is bad news, and not just for those universities where numbers are declining. In fact, primarily it’s bad news for individuals missing out on the chance of an education in the humanities and social sciences, and for the country. Here’s why.

The New Zealand Curriculum for English-medium schools and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa for Māori medium are world leading. These two documents, which make up the National Curriculum, take as their starting points a vision of our young people as lifelong …

Te Whanau o Waipareira has dropped its Alternative Education Contract with the Ministry of Education and will transition youth on its books to other west Auckland providers. Waipareira Youth Services Practice Leader Donovan Busby said this decision to …

A single point of access will be piloted to schools and families who need to access learning support for their children, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. Ms Parata made the announcement at the Special Education Principals Association New Zealand conference in Wellington, as part of a progress update on the Learning Support (formerly Special Education) Update. …

The colourful posters, designed and produced in Tauranga by commercial cleaning company CrestClean, have also gained the backing of the Te Akatea New Zealand Maori Principals Association as an important way to “validate” te reo. It wasn’t always easy …

The school’s principal John Matthews told Maori Television’s Te Kaea programme last night that he believed the school was destined for closure. He believed the Ministry of Education had already made a decision on the college’s future, he said. Matthews …

Pupils who need the most help sitting their exams are struggling to get aid, despite Government changes to tackle inequity.Students with learning difficulties from decile 10 schools are three times more likely to apply, and receive,…

Today’s release of a Cabinet paper outlining changes to support for children with special education learning needs has some positive developments but also raises a number of concerns, says NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Clara Bosshard, 17, from Wellington High School was tonight awarded the iD Dunedin Fashion Scholarship at the 25th anniversary of the Otago Polytechnic Collections show held in Dunedin. The award – offered for the first time and only time this year …

The literacy programme equips inmates with skills, qualifications and education to help them while in prison and on their release. The Department of Corrections says 65 percent of all inmates in New Zealand don’t have an NCEA qualification, and 30 …

My teenager really buckled down in those final few weeks to really give the NCEA Level 1 science exam a good go, and I wanted him to be rewarded for that by getting a good grade. It seems to me that NZQA has learnt a lot this year, already apologising …

The Education and Science Select Committee report, tabled in Parliament on Friday, outlined 46 recommendations to improve education experiences for students with dyslexia, autism and dyspraxia and highlighted three key issues revealed by submissions …

An innovative Māori research group at the University of Canterbury has won a national award for education research excellence. The New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) has presented the 2016 NZARE Group Award to UC’s Te Rū …

In the aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake last Monday which left hundreds of secondary students in the middle of their NCEA isolated, confused and stranded, NCEA study website StudyTime was a crucial lifeboat for many. StudyTime – a free online …

NZQA has apologised for how long it took to let schools know some exams had been postponed after the 7.8 earthquake. Wellington principals said the New Zealand Qualifications Authority took too long to confirm whether exams were on or not following the …

VIPs inc NZ advocacy group have welcomed with caution the recommendations announced by the Education and Science Committee, as a result of their enquiry into the support of children in primary and secondary school with dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism spectrum …

Education is one of the most powerful tools that we have to tackle climate change, argued Irina Bovoka, Director-General of UNESCO, when she spoke at the United Nations (UN) climate talks in Marrakech last week…

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